Freeport-McMoRan Inc (FCX) Has A Promising Outlook For 2024

Freeport-McMoRan Inc (NYSE:FCX) has a beta value of 2.03 and has seen 24.49 million shares traded in the last trading session. The company, currently valued at $75.18B, closed the last trade at $52.41 per share which meant it gained $1.91 on the day or 3.78% during that session. The FCX stock price is -0.02% off its 52-week high price of $52.42 and 37.57% above the 52-week low of $32.72. The 3-month trading volume is 14.62 million shares.

Freeport-McMoRan Inc (NYSE:FCX) trade information

Sporting 3.78% in the green in last session, the stock has traded in the green over the last five days, when the FCX stock price touched $52.41 or saw a rise of 0.21%. Year-to-date, Freeport-McMoRan Inc shares have moved 23.52%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change 7.07%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Freeport-McMoRan Inc (NYSE:FCX) have changed 11.63%.

Freeport-McMoRan Inc (FCX) estimates and forecasts

Figures show that Freeport-McMoRan Inc shares have outperformed across the wider relevant industry. The company’s shares have gained 55.99% over the past 6 months, with this year growth rate of 8.44%, compared to 8.30% for the industry. Other than that, the company has, however, increased its growth outlook for the 2024 fiscal year revenue. Growth estimates for the current quarter are 5.70% and -5.10% for the next quarter. Revenue growth from the last financial year stood is estimated to be 2.40%.

3 analysts offering their estimates for the company have set an average revenue estimate of $5.64 billion for the current quarter. 2 have an estimated revenue figure of $5.81 billion for the next quarter concluding in Sep 2024. Year-ago sales stood $5.74 billion and $4.96 billion respectively for this quarter and the next, and analysts expect sales will shrink by -1.60% for the current quarter and 17.00% for the next.

If we evaluate the company’s growth over the last 5-year and for the next 5-year period, we find that annual earnings growth was -6.56% over the past 5 years. Earnings growth for 2024 is a modest 2.82% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to increase by 26.54%.

FCX Dividends

Freeport-McMoRan Inc is expected to release its next earnings report in May this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue. The forward dividend is 0.30 at a share yield of 0.57%. The company’s dividend yield has gone up over the past 12 months.